Ushi-san used our newssubmit to point us to an article on Japan Today. In this article they report that the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) said Thursday it has worked out criteria for notifying consumers that CDs are copy protected.
According to the criteria, a copy-controlled CD is required to carry a sticker warning that copying of music software is impossible on devices such as personal computers.
On the back of the sticker is information on whether music can be reproduced on personal computers, DVD players, game machines or other players in accordance with copy-control functions adopted by music companies to prevent illegal copying.
The sticker will be introduced by Avex Inc on May 2. Of course for the consumers this is a good thing. If I would buy a CD I would like to know if it can be played on my computer. However what I would really like is that they would do a study on a possible price reduction and the effect on sales.
Source: japantoday
